Oso planning to go pro
Is there any question now that the president of NU will be fired? The guy had to know what was going on, and if he didn't he should have known.
Total guess, Lovie as 2023 interim coach at NW.
It's going to be the new DC.Long term, Mike Kafka would be the dream, but he's probably in line for an NFL head coaching job sooner or later, so I don't know why he'd come back to NU.
The problem he has was the original two week suspension and his comments in the Friday release. But, he moved on Pat quickly after more came out over the weekend. So, I think he survives. He started at NU in September of last year. So, no, I don't think he knew (nor should have) about the issue until the complaint in Nov. 2022, which was seemly handled correctly.
I'm not sure hiring a former player from the Fitz era is the right move either.
It'll be Tommy Rees after his one year stint in Tuscaloosa.
Lake Forest Tommy. Honestly, if he's successful at Bama, he can and should do much better than the NU job.David Braun is in a good position here as an interim. He has no ties to the past and takes over a 1-11 team in turmoil. Expectations will be zero. If he can steady the ship, win some games and develop a post-Fitz clean-up plan, he could be in a strong position to get the job.
Green Bay Packers wanted Pat Fitzgerald to replace Mike McCarthy as head coach in 2019
Maybe hecan be the new Tommy Tuberville and become Senator Fitzgerald. Hang out with white nationalists and undermine the military.
Why do schools continue to run these sham investigations?OH, Yeah. $$$
Why is there not a police investigation going on. There was institutional sexual assault (doesn’t ‘hazing’ sound so much more innocent?) going on for decades with the tacit approval of Fitz. Just think if even one of these sexual incidents happened in a regular student dorm. The police would have been called and charges would be issued. Why should the football program be insulated against this?
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
It's a vast minority of them that are "sham investigations". The reality is that the legal bar for hostile environment is very high. Most cases fall well short. We can debate if that bar should be lowered, but investigators can only follow their policies (which are largely based on federal regulations). Though if it's true that they didn't interview any of the baseball players during the investigations, that is seemingly negligentThis is incorrect. Universities are only required to inform complainants of their right to involve the police. They are actively discouraged from calling the police on behalf of the complainant except in specific circumstances (though they do provide de-identified reports to law enforcement through the Clery Act). The best practice is to empower the Complainant to make the best choice for their own self. Complainants should not be forced to speak to the police if they don't want to. They've already had choices stripped from them by the assault, why add to it? Going to the police is the right for some but for others it is the absolute last thing they want to do.
Thanks for the info. I should have been more specific that the sham investigations that I was referring to are the high profile cases - not those that schools deal with on a regular basis.
Also, how does NU keep the assistants who have been there for years? They are even more guilty in my book because they would have better access to the incidents than Pat would. Logically, they must go too.
This was my reaction, too. The article on racism in the program included references to several assistants. It's a toxic program; gotta get out the bleach.
All those accusations date back 10-15 years. It appears nobody on the current coaching staff has been there that long.
If they bring in a new coach from the outside, they will hire their own staff. They aren't going to gut the current staff at this point in the year. Unless of course there are serious allegations against any of them.
They fired the head coach for allegations that were not serious? There is a gap in logic here that I don't understand. The players who actually acted in the hazing are not punished (as every other student would be) and the assistants who are far, far more likely to have known about this than Fitz are left in place?Is this a serious matter or not? The actions by NU clearly point to it not being serious and they took a chance to get out from a huge contract. NU is only looking to save money; morals and ethics do not appear to be a factor in this decision.NU is making a big mistake and the courts will give Fitz his money and damages. And I think the courts will be correct in that decision.